Ferkus Abdou

Ferkus Abdou was an Algerian FLN militant during the Algerian War.

Biography
Ferkus Abdou was born in Algiers, French North Africa to a Sunni Muslim Berber family. He joined the FLN in 1956 during the Algerian struggle for independence, and at 11:40 AM on 20 June 1956 Abdou, Afkal Bangura, Bezzi Salik, and a few other Berbers entered the police headquarters in the Casbah and asked to see the chief. Abdou and his group killed the captain in his office as Bangura assassinated the guard at the door, and the group managed to escape unscathed.